Legendary Lyricist Alan Bergman Interviewed by ASCAP Composer Board Member Dan Foliart - Part 2

The beloved lyricist Alan Bergman has contributed countless treasured songs to the Great American Songbook and music for American film. Along with his wife and creative partner, former ASCAP President Marilyn Bergman, Alan won Oscars for the songs "The Windmills of Your Mind" (from The Thomas Crown Affair) and the title song from The Way We Were (both also received Golden Globe awards, and "The Way We Were" earned two Grammys). They also received an Oscar for the score for Yentl. In this interview, composer and ASCAP Board member and Writer Co-Chair Dan Foliart (known for his enduring theme and score for shows like Home Improvement, Roseanne, Bosom Buddies, 7th Heaven and Carol & Company) chats with Alan about the legacy of his body of work, on writing songs with his late wife and his fruitful career in music.
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00:00 Discussion of Michael Legrand
01:47 "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life"
07:45 "Summer Me, Winter Me" - song from PICASSO SUMMER
08:30 "How Do You Keep The Music Playing" song from BEST FRIENDS
11:26 "In the Heat of the Night" song with Quincy Jones
13:50 "What Matters Most" song with Dave Grusin
15:10 Discussion of Dave Grusin
16:07 "It Might Be You" with Dave Grusin song from TOOTSIE
17:27 Discussion of Lullaby album, co-writing "When the Moon Is on Our Side" with Dan Foliart
18:00 Discussion of Alan Bergman Vocals and Lyrically Album and live performance
19:10 Discussion of Marvin Hamlisch
19:15 "The Way We Were"
23:49 "The Way We Weren't"
24:00 Discussion of Barbra Streisand and 64 Bergman songs
26:05 "Ask Yourself Why"
28:05 "The Windmills Of Your Mind" song from THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR
30:46 Discussion of John Williams
31:23 "Moonlight" song with John Williams
31:20 Discussion of Johnny Mandel
031-52 "A Christmas Love Song"
032-18 "Where Do You Start"
033-28 Discussion of television songs
034-08 "And Then There's Maude" & "Good Times" with Dave Grusin
038-25 Co Writing "Left Over Love" with Dan Foliart